MarketsEmerging Asia feels sell-off pain as investors seek safety
Market stabilization measures quell some fears as governments step up
Women wearing face masks walk past headquarters of the stock exchange of Thailand in Bangkok. The coronavirus has hit the region's economies hard (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
SHOTARO TANI, Nikkei staff writer
JAKARTA -- For investors in emerging Asia, Friday quickly brought what has become an ominously familiar feature of recent trading: automatic "circuit breakers" kicking in to halt dealing across a swath of stock markets as shares took another lurch downward.